Tag: solar mission

The countdown for the Saturday morning launch of India’s third interplanetary mission -- this time to the Sun - Aditya-L1 -- will begin at 12.20 p.m. on Friday, said a senior official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the scientists at ISRO for the successful launch of India's solar mission Aditya-L1, saying the tireless scientific efforts will continue in order to develop better understanding of the Universe for the welfare of entire humanity.....

India’s space-based solar observatory Aditya-L1 will be given a send off towards the Sun on September 19 when the spacecraft will be maneuvered to Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion (TL1I), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Friday.....

India’s workhorse rocket PSLV successfully put its Aditya-L1 spacecraft to study the Sun into an intermediate orbit or low earth orbit on Saturday afternoon in a textbook style.....